No intimidation allowed.
Could everyone who posts anonymously please put a distinct number at the end of the "anonymous" or get handles so others can follow thought chains more effectively? Thanks.
posted by J. L. Kunkle at
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
5 Comments:
I'm not sure that I would agree that identifying the individual who makes a comment is necessary and more than identifying one's vote in the ballot box. A comment should stand on its own merit--it either makes sense or it does not.
Murrieta resident since 1993
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Anonymous, at Friday, February 11, 2005 4:33:00 PM
Should read:
....comment is necessary any more than........
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Anonymous, at Friday, February 11, 2005 4:35:00 PM
Slanderous is the spoken word, you mean libel. Do you intend to sue people who have opinions counter to yours? If so, I recommend that people remain anonymous. Mr. Seyarto is a public figure so he has to prove actual malice and negligence motivated a supposed defamation in a posted comment I have yet to see a post to this blog that has been either malicious or negligent.
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J. L. Kunkle, at Wednesday, February 16, 2005 4:59:00 PM
Mr. Seyarto,
Your claim that I don’t want to see things is a safe claim to make, though not entirely accurate. I am trying to reconcile working full time with keeping an eye on you councilmembers and I appreciate RM and the other people who post to this blog (on BOTH sides of the issues) because they care enough to get involved.
In a democracy we need these people to complain, demand explanations that can be easily understood, and thereby keep politicians as honest as they can. I think this is why you are so defensive, you think yourself above having to explain yourself to anybody. America is the wrong country for that sort of behavior, perhaps Saudi Arabia would be more to your liking?
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J. L. Kunkle, at Friday, February 25, 2005 5:17:00 PM
Now we're getting somewhere. Have you ever heard the saying "you attract more flies with sugar than with vinegar?" As an elected official, part of your task is to listen to opinions of the citizens and analyse these with an eye towards finding the inevitable errors in your own plan and using this information to improve it.
If 8,000 Murrieta voters were persuaded to sign a petition to get you recalled, whether true or not, shouldn't you see that there might have been something that your plan did not foresee? And if so, shouldn't you be seeking input from wherever you can find it to find out why?
It is too easy to marginalize groups of dissenting opinions, especially ones without a bankroll. Fortunately, in a democratic society, even the fringe groups get a voice.
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J. L. Kunkle, at Tuesday, March 08, 2005 1:56:00 PM
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